Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto

Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms[...]

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Year of publication:	2008-05-01
Authors:	Mel, Suresh de ; McKenzie, David ; Woodruff, Christopher
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeieter \| Fernandez de Soto Subirana, Rafael \| De Soto \| Einkommen \| income \| Freier Mitarbeiter \| self-employment \| Geschäftsführung

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Extent:	140288 bytes 35 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3512 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; Management and business planning. General ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Sri Lanka
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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